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Chapter 6: Adding and subtracting fractions with the same denominator

  • Strand Fractions
  • Level Level 5
  • Practice 105 questions with step-by-step solutions

Step-by-step practice: maths (Level 5). Small steps, repeated until fluent. Content: Add and subtract fractions with the same denominator (Y5 paraphrase), Recognise and show, using diagrams, equivalent fractions with a small denominator (Y4 paraphrase), Compare and order fractions with the same denominator (Y5 paraphrase), Solve problems involving fractions of a length or an amount (Y5 paraphrase).

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By the end of this chapter you will be able to

  • Compare and order fractions with the same denominator
  • Write equivalent fractions with a small denominator
  • Add two fractions with the same denominator, simplifying when needed
  • Subtract fractions with the same denominator
  • Write a total greater than one as a mixed number, and solve fraction problems with lengths and amounts

You should already know

  • Fractions of wholes and amounts (Level 4, chapter 7)
  • Halves and quarters of amounts (Level 4, chapter 7)

Where this leads

  • Fractions with different denominators (a later level)
  • Decimals to tenths and hundredths (chapter 7)

Lessons in this chapter

  1. 6.1 Comparing and ordering fractions, and equal fractions
  2. 6.2 Adding fractions with the same denominator
  3. 6.3 Subtracting fractions with the same denominator
  4. 6.4 Totals greater than one
  5. 6.5 Fractions of lengths and amounts
  6. Summary and key words
  7. Check-up and practice test questions

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